Former Leicester City striker Tony Cottee believes last night's victory over Sevilla represents one of the best night's in the history of the club.

The Foxes defeated the Spanish club 2-0 in the Champions League Round of 16 second leg to advance to the quarter-finals of Europe's premier club competition.

Goals from captain Wes Morgan and winger Marc Albrighton allowed the reigning Premier League champions to come from 2-1 down after the first leg in Sevilla to write themselves into the history books of the East Midlands with a 3-2 aggregate triumph.

Leicester recently sacked title-winning manager Claudio Ranieri after a run of disappointing results in the league and ex-forward Cottee believes Craig Shakespeare's side have rallied to produce one of the most memorable moments in the club's 133-year history.

"It's been a difficult month at the club," he said on Sky Sports.

"We all know what went on but these players to be fair to them, rightly or wrongly, these players have stood up to be counted.

"If you go back two years, we all thought Leicester were going to get relegated until an incredible rally towards the end of the season under Nigel Pearson.

"Then you had the Premier League winning season. It was all about their consistency last season.

"I said at the start of the night I thought this would possibly be one of the greatest nights in Leicester's history.

"In terms of nights like this at the King Power, did they get that many games last season where there was this kind of atmosphere? Maybe a few but in the end they won the league by 10 points, so there weren't that many one-off nights.

"In terms of a one-off night and what they've achieved in European football, without a doubt this is by far the greatest night in the club's history. It was a fantastic performance.

"You read out all those big names that are left in the competition; there won't be many of them fancying them in the draw on Friday."